For the raita

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1 small garlic clove, crushed

Method

Finely chop one onion and thinly slice the other. Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the curry paste or powder, chopped chilli and a good sprinkling of salt. Add about 150ml of cold water to make a thick batter. Stir in the chopped and sliced onions until they are well coated.

Mix together the raita ingredients with a little salt and pepper, then spoon into a small bowl. Heat about 5cm of oil in a wok or deep pan. Add a tiny speck of batter, if it rises to the surface surrounded by bubbles and starts to brown, then the oil is hot enough.

Add heaped tbsps of onion mix to the pan, a few at a time, and cook for a few mins, turning once, until they are evenly browned and crisp, about 3-4 mins. Drain on kitchen paper, sprinkle with a little salt and keep warm while you cook the remaining bhajis. Serve with the raita.

Comments (51)

I have just made these....delicious!!!! only had all purpose flour and cornflour in so did a mix with these (mainly all flour then a heaped spoon of cornflour) added some lemon juice and a bit more madras curry powder as didn't have any fresh chilli in........half white onion half red.....will never look for another recipe.....you can throw any other spices in .....outstanding and thanks for sharing the recipe

I was amazed how quick and easy these are to make, never tried making anything like this before. I thought the red onion would be too over powering but it was delicious. Just bought some raita to make things even easier!

I make these as a side dish for our curry nights. They are the best bhaji's I have ever tried. The preparation is so quick and simple, and the result is the lightest bhaji ever. I serve them with mango chutney and lime pickle.

These are really lovely bahjis. V impressed with flavour. Slightly worried as put them in a glass lidded dish during cooling and they have lost all crispness and gone spongy. Hope they crisp back up when they go in oven as it will be a shame if I spoilt them doing this! Also v easy to make but the smell on hair, skin, clothes and in kitchen (even with fan on) after cooking was awful. I reeked!!

I made these as part of a drinks party for 100 people. Made them a month earlier froze them, defrosted them on the day, popped them in the oven, 4 minutes later they were being served to my very happy guests. A perfect hot buffet item. I love them

I made these with brown onions using garam masala and 1/4 tsp of turmeric instead of curry powder/paste. They freeze really well too and don't take long to defrost (around 1 - 2 hours). To re-heat put on the top shelf of the oven, preheated to 200 for about 6-10 mins depending on their size, but keep an on them to make sure they don't burn. Absolutely lovely!

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